85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF

85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion, C.E.F. (Nova Scotia Highlanders)


caption= 85th Battalion emblem, worn as a head dress cap badge
dates= 1915–1919
country= Canada
allegiance= British Empire
branch= Infantry
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motto= "Siol na Fear Fearail" (The Breed of Manly Men)
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battles= Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Amiens, Canada's Hundred Days
anniversaries= April 9, 1917
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The 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion, C.E.F. (Nova Scotia Highlanders) was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was authorized on September 14 1915 by the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel A.H. Borden as its commanding officer. [ [http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/sgowen/85ch1.html Hayes, ch.1] ] The battalion served in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, taking Hill 145.

The battalion is perpetuated by The Nova Scotia Highlanders.

References and notes

*Citation
last = Hayes
first = Joseph
author-link =
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title = The EIGHTY-FIFTH Canadian Infantry Battalion NOVA SCOTIA HIGHLANDERS IN FRANCE and FLANDERS
place= Halifax
publisher = Royal Print & Litho Limited
year = 1920
location =
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url = http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/sgowen/85chbook.html
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External links

* [http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/sgowen/85th.html 85th Battalion Home Page, maintained by Susan Gowen]


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